Type-justifying machine.



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TYPE JUSTIPYING MACHINE.

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UNITED STATES PATENT orrron.

BENJAMIN M. DES JARDINS, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNEASSIGNMENTS, TO THE UNITYPE COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEWV JERSEY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 19, 1907.

Application filed June 2,1898. Serial No. 682,855t.

T0 aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN M. Dns J ARDINS, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Hartford, in the county of Hartford and State ofConnecticut, have inventedImprovements in Type-Justifying Machines, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to automatic justifying mechanism.

The particular embodiment of the invention hereinafter described, andillustrated in the accompanying drawings, is a machine for ustifyinglines of type composed with temporary spaces or separators. The basicprinciples of my justifying mechanism may, however, be utilized inconnection with other forms of composing'machines, such as linotype andmatrix-making machines, and it is to be understood that I desireprotection for the invention commensurate with its utility.

In the following specification I shall term the difference between theamount of matter in an unjustified line and the required length of theline or column measure the shortage of the line. The shortage may beeither a plus or minus quantity, depending upon whether the unjustifiedline is too short or too long. The places between words in whichjustifyingspaces are to be inserted I shall term intervals and thepieces utilized to separate the words in the unjustified lines I shallterm separators, the number of intervals and separators in a line being,of course, one less than the number of words. The final quads or piecesused to separate the words in the justified lines will be termedjustifying-spaces. The shortage of the line divided by the number ofintervals will give the average width of the justifyingspaces, and thisaverage Width I shall term a normal space in contradistinction to thejustifying spaces,which may in some instances be partly less and partlygreater in width than the normal. The term type as used herein will beunderstood to include matrices, such as are used in linotyping, as wellas ordinary printers type.

My invention contemplates ustifying lines of type or composition byapplying to the line justifying-spaces of sufficient aggregate value tofill the line to the contemplated length or column measure withoutaffecting the space occupied in the line by the type or characters. Thismay be done by utilizing normal justifying-spaces equal to the quotientof the shortage divided by the number of intervals by utilizing a groupof spaces of two or more different values equal in aggregate width tothe shortage of the line and equal in number to the intervals in thelineor by utilizing a still larger number of spaces equal in aggregate widthto the shortage and adapted to be combined in subgroups to formjustifyingspaces. In either case a device is necessary which willrepresent the number of intervals and which will distribute the shortageeither equally or unequally among said intervals in the line underjustification. My invention includes, broadly, the use of such a device,whether in the form illustrated and described or in any other form whichwill accomplish the result sought, by what may be termed a mechanicalselection or computation governed bythe number of intervals and theshortage of the line to be justified. My invention as applied to thejustification of lines of type or matrices includes any device forautomatically and mechanically combining the shortage and the number ofintervals of a line to determine in advance of the insertion of thejustifyingspacesthat is, to predetermine the widths of thejustifying-spaces required to justify the lineand in a more limitedsense it includes all automatic devices for ascertaining the shortageand the number of intervals and utilizing the resultantof thesequantities to automatically predetermine and select justifying-spacesprior to their introduction into the line.

In the embodiment of my invention illustrated the first portion of thejustifying mechanism comprises means for measuring or ascertaining theshortage of the unjustified line combined with means controlled by thenumber of intervals in the line to produce a resultant movement oreffect representing the normal justifying-space for the line.Theoretically this movement or effect is obtained in the instanceillustrated by constructing two similar triangles. One of the trianglesis of known dimensions, one of its sides representing a known arbitraryspace, another side the number of word intervals in the line underjustification, and the inclosed angle being known, said angle in thecase illustrated being a right angle. The shortage of the line ismechanically laid off across said triangle parallel to the sidecorresponding to the number of intervals, thus forming with the othertwo sides a similar triangle having a known. side and known angles, theremaining sides of which. may be readily calculated. One of theseremaining sides which is mechanically computed corresponds to the normalspace for the line, and a part meehanically movable through this normalspace is made to control the justification of the line.

In justifying composed lines of type it impossible to provide in advancethe number of different sizes which. would. be required to justify everyline with normal spaces. I use instead a magazine provided with alimited number of spaces differing from each other by fixed amounts,which for convenience 1 shall term units. It will be evident that anyline may be justified by a combination of spaces comprising not morethan two sizes differing from each other by a unit. Such justificationis not absolutely correct, but in practice it always comes within a halfunit of the column-measure, and the units may be made sufficiently smallto effect practically perfect justification by the use of a sufficientnumber of space values. In practice six to twelve sizes of spaces willbe found. su'llicient, depending upon the kind of matter undertreatment. in the present machine I utilize the normal space valuedetermined from the proportional triangles to govern a selecting devicewhich selects ustifying-spaces from a magazine containing a limitednumber of what may be termed integral sizes of spaces. As above stated,it usually requires two sizes of spaces to justify a line. The selectingdevice may be set to select the larger size first and at the proper timeshifted to select the next smaller size, or it may be shifted. from thesmaller size to the larger size. ll provide a controller to ellect thisshifting, and l set the controller for the spacing of each line by whatI shall term remainder devices----- that is, devices which measure andare controlled by the portion of the shortage which would remain if theline were spaced with the largest size of justifying-spaces which couldbe inserted uniformly throughout. For example, if a given line had iiveintervals and. twenty-three units of shortage the largest size of spacewhich could be uniformly inserted would be the four-unit space. Fivefour-unit spaces would aggregate twenty units and the remainder wouldequal three units. The function of the remainder devices is to measureor gage the remaining three units, and these devices include acontroller which is set automatically to effect the distribution of thethree units equally in three of the intervals, the usti'lication of theline being therefore accomplished by inserting two four-unit spaces andthree :live-unit spaces. In practice the larger spaces are selectingdevice is then reset by the cont roller to select spaces of the neXtsmaller size for the remainder of the line. The basic principleunderlying my method. of justifying ('K msists in plaeii'ig, eitheractually or iigu rat ively single units of space value successively inthe intervals of the line under justification until the line is 'lilled.to within a fraction of a unit. Thus if a single unit in each intervalwill not fill the line a second unit is added, and. so on. until theline full. The resulting spaces will all be of one value or of twovalues, ditl'ering by a unit. Tn the present machine the justifyingmechanism computes or :t ?('t! tains the number of units of space valuerequired for each interval, and the magazine provides integral justifying-spaces of the different values; but in some cases unit-sparesmight be used, said spaces being inserted in the line either singly orin groups and the M116 result ellected. It will be evident that thenormal space value determined by the justifying devices might be used toselect normal spaces if there W01? a sullicient number of sizes in themagazine. in other forms of justiitiers where the spaces are cut or castor where they depend upon the mtwement of a matrix or ty pe-writercarriage normal s 1 n2 cos may be utilized, and. my improved justil'ying devices are applicable to such machines.

The justifyii'ig devices which form the sttbject-matter of thisinvention. compute the j ustifying-spaccs independently for each lineand I shall use the term compute to distinguish the present meciiz'tnismfrom certain justifying mechanisms in which the justification for allpossible lines is worked out and represented in the machine by a key orregister. In the latter class of machines no computation is efl'ectet'iby the medianism, while in the present invent the meeh anism computesthe size of justi ying-s tat-es required for each line from the lineshortage and the number of intervals tiiat is, there are elements in themechanism which represent the line shortage and the number of intervalsand which represent the quotient of the shortage divided by the numberof inter vals, together with devices which are controlled by thequotient element to select proper justifying-spaces.

The machine herein. .ter described in drtail is designed to justifylines of type which are set up with provisional or temporary separatorsand. protected by intermediate leads or rules to hold the uneven. endsof the lines in position. The machine has a galley for such unjustifiedmatter and a second galley for justified matter. Each line is removedseparately from the former galley and trans-- mitted through thejustifying mechanism to the latter galley. The line rests for a momentwhile a measuring device takes the measure of its shortage, and. asecond device first selected and inserted. in the line, and the 1 countsthe intervals by contact with the separators. These two devices jointlyset the space-selecting device. The line is then forwarded through aline-feed channel until the first word has passed into a word-cut-offchannel which is capable of a transverse movement. The line is stoppedin this position in the presence instance by the first separatorencountering wards or projections in the cut-off channel, whichprojections correspond to the nicks in the type and permit the type topass. Between the cut-off channel and the line-feed channel there is ashort channel in a transversely-movable plate in which the separatorlodges, the thickness of said plate being the same as that of theseparators. The word-cut-off channel is moved to register with aword-feed channel which leads to the galley for justified matter, whilethe separator is removed from the line by the movement of the ejecting-plate. The cut-off word is then forwarded through the line-feedchannel to a position opposite the galley, where it rests upon the upperjaw of a clip which moves into the u per end of the linefeed channelimmediate y after the word is elevated. The word-cut-off channel and theseparator-ejecting plate then return to their original positionsregistering with the linefeed channel, and the line is forwarded until asecond word has fully entered the cut-off channel. The operation oftransferring this word to the galley and ejecting the separator proceedsas before; but before the word reaches the galley a justifying-space istaken from the magazine and placed in the clip above mentioned in linewith the wordfeed channel. As the second word is elevated the clip iswithdrawn, and the justifying-space is lodged between the two words.These operations are repeated until the last word is forced up throughthe word-feed channel and the justified line stands opposite the uppergalley. At this stage a line-shaft starts, and devices driven by arevolution of the lineshaft transfer the justified line into its galley.The operation of the line-shaft is made to begin in the present machinebefore the line under justification reaches the galley, and its firstmovement is to start the succeeding line through the above cycle ofoperations, which may be done simultaneously with the forwarding of theustified line, so that no time is lost.

In the drawings accompanying and forming a part of this specification,Figure 1 is a front elevation of the machine. Fig. 2 is a rearelevation. Fig. 3 is a right end eleva tion. Fig. 4 is a left endelevation. Fig. 5 shows the main computing mechanism with itscomputing-bar and attendant parts and also the remainder-controllerescapement and the connection thereof to the space plunger-blade, theparts shown being taken on line 5, Figs. 3, 4, 10, 11. Figs. 6 and 7show parts of the remainder-computing mechanism with its specialproportional computingbar. Fig. 8 is a plan view of Fig. 6. Fig. 9 showsthe movable fulcrum of the remainder proportional computing bar. Fig. 10is a right end view of the computing device, other views of the samebeing indicated by line 10 inFigs. 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11. Fig. 11 is a planview showing most of the parts contained in Fig. 5, other views of saidparts being indicated byline 11 inFigs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 17, 18.Fig. 12 shows the engaging or holding star record-wheel of theremainder-controlling and record device with other record devicesthereof. Fig. 12 shows said starwheel with its locking-arm. Fig. 13 is aleft side view of the remainder-controller and record device. Fig. 14 isa front view of Fig. 13, the pawl-tripping finger 338 being leftunbroken. Fig. 15 is an operation view of the quotient-record deviceshown in Fig. 11. Fig. 16 is a plan view of the space-pusher and its gate-guard device. Fig. 17 is a front view of the same, including the lowerpart of the space-channels 123. Fig. 18 is an operation view of Fig. 17.Fig. 19 is a left side view of the clutching mechanism. Fig. 20 is anenlarged front view of the same. Fig. 21 is a left side sectional viewof the clutch, taken on line 21 of Fig. 22. Fig. 22 is a sectional viewtaken on line 22 of Fig. 21. Fig. 23 is a sectional view showing theline-lifting plate with its operating-arm, also the line-clamp and itsoperating-arm, the operating-arm for the return moi ion of the tangentcountingbar and the galley-rule-operating arm, other views of the sameparts being shown as indicated by the arrow 23 in Figs. 1, 2, and 24.The positions of the shafts 600 and 700 are indicated in connection withthe several parts herein shown. Fig. 24 is a plan view taken on lines 2424 of Fig. 23. Fig. 25 is a view showing the separating-rule reservoirand the rule-galley 0, taken on line 25 of Figs. 23 and 24. Fig. 26shows the mechanism for operating and directing the clutch-controllingand line-feeding devices with their operating cams and arms and theremainderdevice tripping-arm operating the escapement device, otherviews of the same parts being indicated by the arrow 26 in Figs. 1, 2and the same view in part being shown in Fig 4. Fig. 27 shows the 2complete series 'of channels through which the type-line is fed from itspassage adjoining the feed-galley a until it reaches its position infront of the receiving-galley b. Fig. 28 is a sectional view showing theelectrical counting device. (Also indicated by the arrow 28 in Fig.- 3.)Figs. 29 and 30 are respectively a left and front view of the secondaryword-feeding plunger-cam, arm, and attendant mechanism, other views ofthese parts being shown as indicated by the arrow 29 in Figs. 1 and 2and of the receiving-clip 540 by the arrow 30 in Fig. 4 and the arrows29 and 30 in Fig. 31.

Fig. 29 is an operation view of the word plunger cam 625 shown in Fig.29. Fig. 31 is a plan view showing the space-receiving clip and also thegalley-rule and its operatingarm. Figs. 32 to 35, inclusive, snow themovable word-cut-o'lf channel, the space cut-off blade, and theoperation thereof. Fig. 36 is a side view of a separator withoutnicks.Fig. 3711s a side view of a type-body, showing the nicks; and Fig. 38 isa diagram illus traring the computing devices.

l/Vhile the machine is inclined backward. at a suitable angle to handlelines of loose type in the description and especially in the draw ingsit is for convenience referred to and shown as standing in a verticalposition. As far as practicable the descrnation will follow thetype-line in the order of its travel. from one galley to the other. Thefact is to be kept in mind that the machine sinmltaneously acts upon twolines at a time that is, the column is moved along the lower galley andthe end type-line is thrust forward and engaged and the calculatingdevices are ad justed while the spaces are being inserted in thepreceding line.

As far as practicable the reference-numerals herein employed conform tothe following order or arrangement, the ninnbers for the different granddivisions being taken from each one hul'idred figures respectivelyployed: The figures employed which are eelow are the numbers in thedrawings used in connection with the direction-indicating arrows, andbroken lines are employed with. said numbers and arrows to showapproximately at what part of the figures the correlative figures orparts are taken, the reference-nuinbers being ample to identify theparts shown. The first one hundred figures employed above 100 refergenerally to the primary measuring elements, accompanying type-engagingparts, and other miscellaneous mechanisms; those above and including201), to the difference devices and. accompanying parts; above andincluding 301), to the spacedislodging mechanism and parts generallyrelating thereto; above 400, to the mechanism which feeds the spacesinto the line and such word-handling mechanism as is closely relatedthereto; above and including 500, to separator-handling mechanism andallied parts; above and. including 600, to the a'iitomaticword-actuating mechanism and parts relating thereto, and above andinrhzding 7 ()1) to the automatic line-actuating mechanism. Itwill beunderstood that the several members of this machine are suitablyjoiirnaled to or otherwise mounted on the frame A in. all cases notspecifically provided for. The word-shaft 600 is driven by a belt (notshown) around. the pulley 601.

The lower galley a contains the unjustified. lines of type 121 Fig. 1,the bodies of type contained therein having the regular foundry-nicksand. 151, Figs. 32 to 35 and 1? The words in the galley a are separatedby the plain metallic se mrators 1.52, Fig. an which are of the samesize as the type-Mal bu t without nicks in their edges Ctnr-espoinh ingto said foundry-nicl-ts of the type. The loose uneven type-lines areseparated from each other by the regnlsn' printers lands or brasscs,herein termed separating-r1lee," to distingr." h them from the semrateis 152.

The galley friction-blecks 15-11, such as are ordinarily tsed intype-setting machines, are inserted. against the unprtn'ected ends ofthe colnnms of type 121 in the galleys (1, and l. The column ofrnji'sti'licd type in the gallev a is moved to the left by th travelingp" sherarm 155. Said arn'i has its hifi rrated prejection 15C) extendinginto the central opening of said friction-block, locking them in1ooperative ei'igagement with reference to earh other.

To move the column of type in the galley a one line at a time and tocease the so: rec of power to follow the constantly-diminishing column,a traveling feed device is employ ed coln 'irising alongitmfinally-mend:le rolnnn'i-feed ratchet-rod operatively connertrdto the traveling pishcr-arm and rtxated intern'iittently by theline-shaft through the medium of sijitable connecting mechanism.

The column-feed arm has a slicing huh 157, which. is in'iounted on theratchet-red 158, said hub being provided with. the give ed spring-pawl151), mounted in a slot in the top thereof and engaging theiratchnt-hmth of rod The ratchet-rod 155% has 11 slide-bearings in themiddle and 'l'lfjjlli-(lll brackets of the frame it. It is provided ni hthe rearward-preject engaging pin 1111, Fig. 2, operativeh en; gcd bythe reciprocating column-feed arm 162, the latter being rigidly fastenedto the rock-slmft 1623. through which said 1atchetr nt is given alongitudinallyrec .rocatmg motion. The

rock-shaft 16?) has its bearin s 16 1. and 113.3 in the front and rearprojections from the li end bracket of the frame it, hi

Sai rock-shaft is also provided cam-operating arm 712, h-1\ ing 1 hetirejection 713 operatively engagt 1 against the surface cam 715 of theline-shaft T1111, being pressed against its snrfacw and into the:ieprossion 716 by means of the coiled spring" 714, which has its rearend resting against the inner side of the bearing and its front enclgainst the outer edge of said f((l1;1l'!l1 7.1.2. The left motion ofsaid ratchet-red ratcl'iet-rod is returned to the right, it passes underthe pawl 159 through the hub .15?

without disturbing the arm 155 or the friction-block 156, and saidreturn motion also releases the pressure from behind the column of type.above described takes place for each line of type, and a succession ofactuating engagements follows the friction-block wherever it may be. Bymeans of the operation of the column-feed just described the left-endunadjusted line of the column in the galley a becomes located over theline-lifting plate 202, with the leftward separating-rule 153 againstthe stop or limiting block 201, forming the left wall of theline-measuring channel 182, Figs. 23, 24, 25, and 27. The line of type121 being released from the tension of the columnfeed devices is newfree to be moved forward by the line-pusher or lifting-plate 202 andthen transferred into the channel 182, which is especially termed themeasuring-channel, where it is brought into engaging relation with thecomputing devices described farther on. The line-lifting plate 202 hasits slidebear'ings in the central bracket of the frame A and starts withits forward edge in line with the bottom of the galley a, forming acontinuation thereof, and then serves as a suitable bottom for thecolumn-feed channel 121. By being transferred forward the plate 202forms a similar bottom for the measuring-channel 182 and again for thefeed-channel 183. Said plate is operated through the connecting-rod 719and the arm 720, the projection 721 of which is engaged by the groovedcam 722 on the lineshaft 700. The arm 720 is pivoted at 723 to the frameA. j

The rule-distributer is described as follows: On its left side near thefront end the liftingplate 202is provided with the rule-removing snap orspring hooks 217, the springs 218, Fig. 24, of which keep themcontinually pressed to the left. During the first part of the forwardtravel of said lifting-plate the spring-hooks217 are thrust inward bythe contact of their inclines 219 against the edge of theseparating-rule 153, which lies against the stop-block 201 to the leftof the type-line. Said stop-block is rigidly fastened to the centralbracket A by the screws 203, bymeans of which it may be adjusted rightand left to compensate for different thicknesses of the separating-ruleswhich may be used. It has fastened thereon the detent-springs 215 215,the rear ends of which are offset to the right until they lie in thepath of the inclines 219, said path being in a plane beyond the rightedge of said stop-block 201. The liftingplate 202 is further providedwith. the plate 220 rigid thereto, inclined or wedge-shaped at its frontend, Fig. 24.

The separating-rule-galley abutment 221, forming a receptacle for therules, is rigidly fastened to the central bracket of the frame A. Therule-galley 0 extends to the left as A repetition of the movements faras the left-end bracket A. (Shown inFig. 4, also broken away in Figs.1,24, and 25.) The abutment 221 is provided with the flatfriction-retaining springs 222 222, fastened to its upper and loweredges to hold the rules in position when thrust into the receptacle, andhas accessory thereto the detent-springs 21.5 215. The right end of saidrule-abutment which is adjacent to the lifting-plate 202 is cut away toallow of the passage of the inclined plate 220.

The operation of the line-lifting plate has been explained and it willnot be necessary to indicate the operation of the rule-distributer andthe functions of the rule-galley just described. The three divisions ofthe machine above designated-namely, the liftingplate, rule-distributer,and galleyare in a measure coordin ate, and their purpose or use is toremove the rule from the type-line acted upon an d to transfer said lineinto the measuring-channel. In the forward movement of the lifting-plate202 its inclined plate 220 passes to the right of the rule or rulescontained in said receptacle and forces them along between the springs222 thereby making room for the reception of the rule, which is nowagainst the stop-block 201. Upon the return of the plate 202 the hooks217 carry said rule backward beyond the de tents 215 and between thesprings 222 in the abutment 221, owing to the fact that the inclincs21.9 of said hooks snapped to the left over the front edge of said ruleand engaged the same during the forward movement of said plate. Thedetents or springs 215 bear upon the rule while it is being actuated bythe hooks 217 until contact is had with the springs 222 to preventmisplacement of the same during this part of its travel.

The computing devices into engagement with which the type-line istransferred when pushed forward into the measuring-channel 182 afterleaving the column will next be described. chanical operation consistsin clamping the type-line in said channel by means of a gage, which isautomatically moved from a given starting-point into contiguity with theend of said line by means directly to be explained. While the line oftype 121 is held in the channel 182 it rests against the end of thelifting-plate 202 and upon the base of said channel, which consists ofthe abutmentblock 138, a plate rigidly fastened to the frame A. Thetype-line measuring-gage 120 is rigid with the line-measuring slide-b ar119 which is fastened to the measuring-bar 119 by means of theconnecting-plate 119 Figs. 5, 10, 23. The bar 119 has a longitudinalmovement in the slide-boxes 124 and 126, fastened to the middle bracketof the frame A for a distance corresponding to the aggregate differencebetween the separators 152 and the spaces required to fill thetype-line,

The first step in the present meaudit is held with a constant downwardten- 1 is hollowed out somewhat in the form o the sion by means of thecoiled spring 120. Said line-measuring bar is supplemental to themeasuring-gage 1.20 and is provided with the projecting T-blade 112,described farther on.

The bar 1.1 9 through the medium of the connecting-rod 131, thereleasing arm 731, Fig. 23, and the roller 732 is operated against theaction of the clamping-spring 129 by the surface cam 733, Fig. 2, on theline-shaft 7 ()1). The cam 733 causes the gage to be removed from thepath of the advancing typeline on the plate 202 and to occupy itshighest position, which corresponds with one extremity of the longestunjustified line for which the machine is adapted. After the line hasbeen introduced into the channel 182 the cam 733 allows the spring 12.)to draw the gage 120 down onto the top of the line, thereby clamping it.tion from the end of the required line to the end of the actual line thegage 120 traverses a distance equal to the difference between thepresent separators and their displacingspaces or the actual lineshortage. The arm 731 swings on the stud 13 1, which extends from theframe A.

After the type-line has been clamped by means of jaws adjustable withreference to the length of said line in the holding device, which agreessubstantially in size with the height and width of type, all aselsewhere described, the counting mechanism comes into operation fordetermining the number of spaces required and supplying the divider forthe quotient sought by automatically counting the intervals between. thewords in said line. Each separator corresponds sub stantially with thebody of the type character, except that it has no nicks, as previouslydescribed. The separators must extend at some one or more points beyondthe typebody in order to afford a place of contact for the countingmechanism, such contact portions being provided conveniently by theportions of the separators opposite the foundry-nicks of the type.

The electrocontact-point 170, the electroconductors 171., and theelectromagnets 172 are embraced in the coui'iting mechanism, togetherwith other parts about to be men.- tioned, Figs. 3 and 28. The slidewinch carries the contact-point over the typeline consists ofthe twosides 173 and 17 1, extending on either side of the lifting-plate 202and sliding in. suitable boxes projected from the middle bracket A. Thearm 7 36 has its 1 pro ection /37 111 engagement with the boxcam 7 38,Figs. 1 and 2, on the line-shaf t 700. Said arm, through itsconnecting-rorl 17 6, operates the sliding sic es 173 and 1741. Saidslide is movable in its bearings in the middle bracket of the frame A adistance slightly In changing its posil x l l 1 letter to make room forthe -liber plate 175, which. insulates the contact-plate 177, fastenedon the out idc thereof. Said eontactplate also somewhat longer than thetype-line. The contact-plate 177 is s,.l.l at one s e to provide aspring 'z-rojection integral therewith, Figs. 3 and 23, upon \vneh thecoi'itact-poliit 171) is carried. he Olentropoint 1.70 is secured to thelongllunaal center of the plate 1.77 and passes through a suitableopening in the insulatlinn la and the slide 174-, extending a short arstance beyond the latter into the measurngline channel 182. point passesfreely Said through the groove magic by the founmr vnicks 151 of thetype, the groove J ll) of ihe measuring-gage .120, and the groove HI ofthe alnrtmeut-blocl: 133, Figs. 23 and 2s. The cam 738 actuatcs saidslice at the pro, er time through the intervening ineelsan'..- .in.causing it to move umvard. the full one] site of its travel, or a miance slightly in ex: (as of the length of the type-linc 121, and thepoint 170 has a perfectly clear passage, as explainedv above, exceptwhere it encouni ers the metallic se ntrators 152, in. iss. g ever whichan. electrgcal contact 18 ma: e. The

resiliency of the spring projection 1 3 can bles the point 170 to passthe separators 152 Wii hout unnecessary frict on, but at the same timefurnishing the r ht amount of ener v for proper electrical contact. Theconcur-i ing-spring projection'178 insulated from the maclnne by thefiber plate 16$) and has fastened to is u'ener end one of the cont um"tors 171. An elec ric batt vy (not shown in the drawings) has one poleconnected directly to the frame of the machine and the other to thesecond conrluctor 171 from the magnets 1.72. The circuit over or throughwhich the electrical current must pass from and to the battery everytime said circuit Is completed by the contact be tween, the gzoinl 170and a separator 1.52, is mare up of the two conductors 171, the magnets172, the projection 173, the plate 177, and the he me of the machine.Every time sa d circuit is com -leteil in the manner d 221i (Ll anelectrical pulsation sent through the magnets 172. Each of said.pulsations depresses the armature 179 on the magnet-arm 131) against thetension. of the s,;1'lng 131, l igs. 3 and 10, and operates the esca:ementverge 11.3, thereby allowing the counting esea,1emerit-ratchet1.22 and the slice tangent-bar 117 to move downward unzer the inllueneeof the spring 131) one teeth at a time.

The mechanism and its o leration just i escribed has fully revealed theinterrelafion of the two vertical slide-bars 117 and 115;. with themeans whereby the former 11s placed one step to represent each space u hFeh the line requ'res, and the latter an amount in excess of the lengthof the type-line. 1t equal to the full. shortage of the line, less the

